Cyberspace courtship: Are you and your mouse game?

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Cyberspace courtship: Are you and your mouse game?

I will admit, the first time I sat down and looked at all of the "potentials" staring back at me through my screen, it hit me that maybe my wild days of Saturday night bar hopping weren't so bad after all. Here I am putting myself "out there" to millions of other single hopefuls in a global cesspool of dating possibilities. I feel like I need a compass and a Sherpa to navigate this competitive new landscape.

Negative stigmas aside, online dating has evolved into the new urban way of meeting your mate. Within the confines of my home, I'm able to scan the Bay Street "types," the pub-going sporty boys and the metrosexual hotties all with a swift click of my mouse. They sure look good in the pictures and their profiles are, well, prolific. But, before I dive into the Web waves head first, a few points need to be addressed:

#1 False advertising: My fellow online dating compatriots all list this as their first major complaint. You look at the picture online and fall in love with his tall stature, dreamy brown eyes and muscular build. Then he arrives at your doorstep. Instead of George Clooney you're met with Joe Pesci. I don't think so.

#2 Double-booking: Playing the field is one thing -- refusing to end the game is another. What's worse than spending an enchanting evening on a great date only to discover that about 40 nanoseconds after your cab is hailed, your date is using his Blackberry to set up his next date? For some men, it must be the equivalent of a shopping spree at Holt's for us .... with a 50% discount card.

What do you think so far? Are you on the same page in terms of your dating style? Discuss in our forums -- we'd love to hear from you!#3 Flirting fever: Men are predators at heart, so imagine their glee when they receive over 20 "smiles" and "winks" a day from eligible lady-friends all over the world. This consistent barrage of interest acts as one massive virtual ego stroke for him and one big blow for me. Sure, I could work my "smiles" and "winks," too, but a female is a nurturer in her heart, so it's not necessarily in my blood. All I keep thinking about is turning into some sort of online concubine.

OK, so I am sounding a bit fatalistic. Is it all hopeless? I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it isn't, and so are most of the women I talk to. Will online dating breed more bachelors than brides? While it might be difficult to determine, we still have to kiss a lot of frogs to find it out. Just make sure you wear a killer gloss... wink, wink.

Olivia Munn just made a major hair change

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Olivia Munn just made a major hair change

Actress Olivia Munn debuted a major hair change for the premiere of her new film, Office Christmas Party. Hairstylist Christian Wood chopped off a casual 12-inches of hair before her red carpet appearance. See below for the entire processs:

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Watch Milo Ventimiglia reenact that famous scene from Ghost

In case you didn't get enough of Jess Milo Ventimiglia during all your recent Gilmore Girls revival bingeing, you can now watch him give his best Mardi Gras party impression and act out that infamous pottery scene from Ghost courtesy of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Ventimiglia was partnered with the luckiest fan ever for a game of "Heads Up" where the category was, of course, "Bad Behaviour." Watch below as the two awkwardly attempt to act out different inappropriate "behaviours" together in front of Ellen and her audience.

And because Milo is just as impressed with his newly jacked arms as we are, he later lets Ellen lie on his back while he does some pushups, because why not?

The first woman on a Canadian bank note has been named

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The first woman on a Canadian bank note has been named

There's an excting (and long overdue TBH) change coming to Canada's $10 bills: They will now feature the face of an extraordinary Canadian woman.

The shortlist for the spot was announced earlier this year, and included the suffragette Idola Saint-Jean and Olympian Bobbie Rosenfeld, but it was civl rights activist Viola Desmond who the Bank of Canada ultimately chose for the prime spot on our blue bank note.

It was for such a time as this that Heritage Minutes were created, so we'll refer you to the spot released about Ms. Desmond last year for the full primer on the Nova Scotia native (but the TL:DR version is that she was an entrepreneur ahead of her time who played a pivotal role in the Canadian civil rights struggle):

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Rihanna is over people creating a competition between her and Beyoncé

The Rihanna Navy and the Beyhive have been on not-so-friendly terms on social media following the announcement of the 2017 Grammy Awards nominations.

Although RiRi expressed gratitude for her whopping eight nods, the Navy felt that she was snubbed after Anti didn't receive a nom for Album of the Year over Beyoncé's Lemonade. Naturally, Bey's fans wasted no time in coming to the defence of their Queen.

But Rihanna quickly cleared things up on the 'gram, commenting on a fan's photo, "I'm petty af, yes. But this is just unnecessary! I wish y'all would drop this topic and see things from the bigger picture! We don't need to be putting black women against each other! We deserve to be celebrated and the Grammy Academy agrees!"